Refugee claimants found in possession of child porn at Quebec border

Multiple refugee claimants have been found in possession of child pornography at or near the Quebec border crossing where an influx of hundreds of asylum seekers crossing from New York state has led the Canadian government to set up a border camp, Global News has learned. In a memorandum to officers of the Canadian Border Services Agency this week, […]

Refugee rescue boat sent to help far-right anti-immigrant ship stranded in Mediterranean with mechanical failure

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Volunteers on a German refugee rescue ship say they have been deployed to help a far-right vessel that has become stranded in the Central Mediterranean. Sea-Eye said Italian officials had told their crew that the C-Star, operated by an anti-immigration group calling itself Defend Europe, had suffered a mechanical failure and could not manoeuvre. A spokesperson for the […]

Canada military builds refugee camp for refugees from US

The Canadian military is building a camp to house the growing number of refugees crossing the US border, officials have said. The camp would house up to 500 asylum seekers in Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle, Quebec, near Plattsburgh, New York. The construction begins about a week after Montreal turned its Olympic Stadium into a shelter for refugees arriving […]

Iraqi and Syrian refugees will be settled in Armidale from next year

The New South Wales regional city of Armidale has volunteered to resettle 200 refugees from Iraq and Syria as part of Australia’s humanitarian migration program next year. The deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce announced the move – to his electorate – would begin from February next year. “Armidale is a good fit for a new regional settlement location for […]

Over 150 refugees ‘thrown’ into Yemen sea, 13 missing

More refugees and migrants have been "deliberately drowned" by human smugglers for the second time in 24 hours off the coast of Yemen, according to the United Nations migration agency. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said in a statement late on Thursday that its staff found six bodies on the beach – two male and […]

‘They don’t care’: Refugees shocked by leaked Trump-Turnbull call

In the wake of a leaked phone call in which US President Donald Trump repeatedly called them "bad" and "prisoners," refugees at the center of a controversial deal between the US and Australia say they have lost faith in ever making it to America. "We are really hopeless," said Shirdel Eskandari Khah, an Iranian refugee who lives with his […]

Children’s Authors Take On the Refugee Crisis

Some of the most shocking images from the crisis in Syria have been photographs of children: the body of a drowned toddler lying on a Turkish beach, the expressionless 5-year-old boy from Aleppo, shellshocked, bloodied and ash-covered, after being pulled from the rubble of a bombed building. Now, a number of children’s books authors, moved […]

Far from home, refugees learn English as they start new lives in Lancaster

On the way back from a field trip to Lancaster Central Market, the students make a stop where there’s a world map on display and look for their homes. They take turns pointing out Afghanistan, Congo and Central African Republic. “Eric, where are you from?” asks Dominique Cressler, who is helping to guide the students […]

Scotland takes 1,800 Syrian refugees over last two years

Scotland has welcomed more than a quarter of all Syrian refugees who have arrived in the UK in the past two years, it has emerged. Just over 7,000 refugees have arrived in the UK through the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Programme (SVPRP) since 2015, of which 1,800 have settled in Scotland. The figures come after […]

More than 100 child refugees missing in UK after being smuggled from Calais

Scores of child refugees as young as 13 have gone missing in the UK over the past year after being brought to the country by people smugglers operating in Calais, The Independent has learned. More than 100 unaccompanied minors known to have crossed from northern France via unauthorized routes since last August remain unaccounted for by British authorities. Of […]

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Multiple refugee claimants have been found in possession of child pornography at or near the Quebec border crossing where an influx of hundreds of asylum seekers crossing from New York state has led the Canadian government to set up a border camp, Global News has learned. In a memorandum to officers of the Canadian Border Services Agency this week, […]

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An Iranian refugee who stitched up his eyes, lips and ears in protest at the threat of deportation today vowed to continue his hunger strike unless the Government reviewed its procedures on asylum applications.